yeah it,s a bit of a double standard I bet if it was the dad alien reacting to that about Hannah Montana the ad wouldn't have passed.
The acceptable face of middle aged women being attracted to minors.
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Double Standard!?! Really!?!?!
The difference here is that this commercial is honest, rather than sly about it.
I mean, we'd [sarcasm]never sexualize under age girls in popular culture [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-u5WLJ9Yk4&feature=relmfu] now would we?[/sarcasm]
The term for it is ephebophilia. It's more common than you think.
The difference here is that this commercial is honest, rather than sly about it.
I mean, we'd [sarcasm]never sexualize under age girls in popular culture [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-u5WLJ9Yk4&feature=relmfu] now would we?[/sarcasm]
The term for it is ephebophilia. It's more common than you think.
Help, help I'm being repressed!
OP: The reason women aren't judged the same way is because society has deep-seated values about sexuality. Men are dominant predators while women are passive little flowers who don't really have a sexuality at all. These values are just starting to be challenged in any serious manner which is why a woman fantasizing about a 17 year old is seen as less threatening than the gender reversal.
It' a negative view of both male and female sexuality.
Not a case of, 'hurr women get away with everything durr'.
OP: The reason women aren't judged the same way is because society has deep-seated values about sexuality. Men are dominant predators while women are passive little flowers who don't really have a sexuality at all. These values are just starting to be challenged in any serious manner which is why a woman fantasizing about a 17 year old is seen as less threatening than the gender reversal.
It' a negative view of both male and female sexuality.
Not a case of, 'hurr women get away with everything durr'.
What are you people talking about?
Her alien race ages differently than us. In fact, being middle aged makes her 16 years old in her race.
Her alien race ages differently than us. In fact, being middle aged makes her 16 years old in her race.
Britney's target demographic was never middle-aged men, or even males at all, at least not in her early days. (That's not to say males never appreciated her costumes, but you seldom saw them queueing up to buy her CDs). I'm pretty sure the sexual content here is more a "self-empowerment, statement of maturity and womanhood" kind of thing - in much the same way that male comic-book superheroes have rippling muscles not for the benefit of female readers, but as an aspirational wish-fulfilment image for the male readership.DracoSuave said:
I get your point, though, and I respect it. But imagine a version of the advert where the middle-aged father went "Mmmmm... Selena Gomez". People would be enraged.
Yes, because nothing says 'Healthy teenage girl sexual empowerment' more than 'tarted up sexy school girl imagery.'Batou667 said:
It neither makes logical sense, nor should it be the case, but sadly it's true. Hence the success of Barbie, Bratz Dolls, and the fact that British schoolgirls are more likely to aspire to be a singer, actress or model rather than a doctor or politician. Hell, I'm pretty sure some survey found that young girl's most commonly identified role model is Katie Price (I'm not sure if she's achieved cross-Atlantic penetration (but I wouldn't put any kind of penetration past her, the massive slut) but about five seconds in Google Image Search should tell you everything you need to know about her - and then some, if you have Safesearch off).DracoSuave said:
tl;dr: It's not wholesome, but it's more common than you think.
Oh no, it's extremely common. That's my point... a lot of teenage sexual 'empowerment' isn't to pander to teenage males but the older adults who market it.Batou667 said:
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Not a problem them doing a duet, but the Carey dancing sluttish-ly for Bieber. Cause of course, there would be no problem if it was a 41 man, pelvic thrusting in the direction of a 17 year old girl in a Xmas music video.....
Watching a re-run of 'Sky High' today (shut up, I like it), reminded me that this is only a recent issue. When Mary Winstead, playing a high school student, is over to aid the son in his studies, Kurt Russell's character remarks that he thinks, she is gorgeous. Not an issue even for a Disney production back then. Don't think it would be a non issue now. How times have changed.....
Not a problem them doing a duet, but the Carey dancing sluttish-ly for Bieber. Cause of course, there would be no problem if it was a 41 man, pelvic thrusting in the direction of a 17 year old girl in a Xmas music video.....
Watching a re-run of 'Sky High' today (shut up, I like it), reminded me that this is only a recent issue. When Mary Winstead, playing a high school student, is over to aid the son in his studies, Kurt Russell's character remarks that he thinks, she is gorgeous. Not an issue even for a Disney production back then. Don't think it would be a non issue now. How times have changed.....